Near State Highway 87 north of North Bauer Lane, on the left when traveling north. Reported missing.
A strait approximately 200 feet wide, 5 feet deep and more than 1,600 feet long across Bolivar Peninsula - was opened in 1955 by the Texas Game and Fish Commission as part of its continuing program to perpetuate and improve the state's fish and . . . — — Map (db m78509) HM
On 5th Street west of Gulfway Lane, on the left when traveling west.
Born in Marseilles, France, Charles Cronea came to America on a French frigate as a cabin boy in 1818. Soon after, boarding a ship out of Charleston, South Carolina, Cronea and several companions entered the service of Jean Laffite of Galveston . . . — — Map (db m157358) HM
Near State Highway 124, 0.2 miles south of Guidry Road.
The coastal community of High Island sits atop a salt dome at the east end of Bolivar Peninsula. It was named High Island because the hill sits about 45 feet above sea, the only dry land visible during storms and flooding.
Settled by anglos in . . . — — Map (db m38616) HM
Near State Highway 6, on the left when traveling south.
Named for World War I army Colonel Elmer J. Wallace, Camp Wallace was established as a training facility for military personnel during World War II. The U. S. government acquired more than 3,300 acres of land between the towns of Hitchcock and . . . — — Map (db m201947) HM
On State Highway 6 west of State Highway 2004, on the right when traveling east.
In region held before 1820s by Karankawa Indians, and afterwards by cattle raisers. The Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe Railway built through the area in 1870s, naming station for Galveston civic leader and late landowner, Lent Munson Hitchcock . . . — — Map (db m52552) HM
On Fairwood Road at South Ridgecrest Drive, on the right when traveling north on Fairwood Road.
The first African-American families moved to Hitchcock in 1892, and by 1900 additional families had joined them. Many would form the nucleus of the Galilee Missionary Baptist Church when it was organized in 1901. The Rev. J. L. Luckett served as . . . — — Map (db m52556) HM
On State Highway 6 west of Main Street (State Highway 519), on the right when traveling west.
Nationally and internationally recognized horticulturist Henry Martyn Stringfellow (1839–1922 (sic, 1912)) started an experimental garden and orchard at this location in 1883. In 1890 he published a treatise containing innovative organic . . . — — Map (db m201938) HM
Near State Highway 6, on the left when traveling south.
In an effort to defend U. S. coasts and shipping lanes against German submarine activity during World War II, the U. S. Navy established bases to house huge lighter-than-air (LTA) craft, also known as blimps. With the ability to hover above a . . . — — Map (db m35936) HM
On State Highway 146 at Bel Road, on the right when traveling north on State Highway 146.
Michael Gouldrich, one of Stephen F. Austin's original three hundred colonists, received a Mexican land grant here in 1824. Elizabeth S. Justice acquired a part of the property in 1853. By the early 1890s Abraham and Elizabeth (Justice) Kipp, their . . . — — Map (db m53980) HM
On Interstate 45 Frontage Road, on the left when traveling south.
Settled 1821 by privateer James Campbell (1791-1856), U. S. Navy veteran, War of 1812, who after discharge was lieutenant and close friend of buccaneer Jean Lafitte, operating out of Galveston (then called Campeche). In Karankawa Indian rituals . . . — — Map (db m35932) HM
On Interstate 45 Frontage Road, on the left when traveling south. Reported missing.
Virginia Point, the site of an important railroad bridge which provided the only connection between the Texas mainland and Galveston Island in the mid-19th century, played an integral role in the Confederate defense of Galveston during the Civil . . . — — Map (db m35931) HM
On Cedar Drive at Bayou Road, on the right when traveling west on Cedar Drive.
Frank Bell Jr. (1893–1963) was the son of early La Marque settlers Flavery and Frank Bell, Sr. Although he received little formal education, he was able to achieve business success and became a respected civic leader in La Marque’s African . . . — — Map (db m201983) HM
Near Bayou Road near 1st Street, on the right when traveling north.
The land in this area, initially known as Highland Bayou, was part of a Republic of Texas land grant awarded to John D. Moore in 1838. The Galveston, Houston, and Henderson Railroad linked Galveston and Houston by 1860, and Highland Bayou, directly . . . — — Map (db m52570) HM
Established about 1895 by Laura Stewart and Julia Parr Munson. This Church is distinguished by a history of strong community involvement. The congregation has been led by various Methodist, Presbyterian, and other protestant clergy and has served . . . — — Map (db m5093) HM
On North Park Street at 2nd Street, on the left when traveling north on North Park Street.
During recent restoration of the exterior of this Railroad Section House, the stripping of paint revealed the beauty of the cypress timbers beneath. Many of the historic homes within the Historic District are made primarily of this native wood, . . . — — Map (db m187126) HM
On North Kansas Avenue, 0.1 miles north of 7th Street, on the left when traveling north.
Five-month-old Victor Nordhem was laid to rest in February 1900, on land bought by Alison J. Adams for an individual burial plot. In 1908, Adams deeded additional acreage to the Fairview Cemetery Association. Decoration Day, later Memorial Day, . . . — — Map (db m201973) HM
On 2nd Street at Colorado Avenue, on the right when traveling west on 2nd Street.
First Baptist church on Galveston County mainland; organized in Clear Creek Schoolhouse, Dec. 4, 1887. B. A. Smalley served as clerk. First permanent pastor was the Rev. D. T. McLeod, Oct. 1895. First building erected on this site was dedicated June . . . — — Map (db m50152) HM
On Main Street (Farm to Market Road 518) at North Park Avenue on Main Street.
Located in the heart of League City, this historical park and its native Live Oak trees are dear to the hearts of all the people of League City. In this Texas Sesquicentennial year, the "City of Live Oaks and Friendly Folks" decided to make this, . . . — — Map (db m187125) HM
On Main Street at Park Avenue when traveling north on Main Street.
Galveston land developer John Charles League (1849-1916) platted the townsite of League City soon after he purchased property here in 1890. Faced with the competition of an adjacent development known as the city of Clear Creek, League personally . . . — — Map (db m50850) HM
Named after the watercourse that forms one of its boundaries, this cemetery traces its establishment to the settlement of Willis and Hepsibah Perkins Butler and her mother, Martha Morgan Perkins; Samuel J. and Rebecca and Coward Perkins; Allen and . . . — — Map (db m50852) HM
On East Main Street at Colorado Avenue, on the right when traveling west on East Main Street.
In 1869, the Diocese of Galveston perceived the need for a church on the mainland to serve Roman Catholics. The following year St. Mary began in Hitchcock, and a mission church also established in 1870, named St. Mary of the Immaculate Conception, . . . — — Map (db m50155) HM
Near Old Galveston Road (State Highway 3) at Houston Avenue.
The Galveston County Commissioners Court began planning in 1886 to purchase a farm to house and care for the county's indigent citizens. A site was chosen, and by June 1887 the county purchased 213 acres of land on the banks of Clear Creek. The . . . — — Map (db m49996) HM
On East Main Street at Colorado Avenue, on the right when traveling west on East Main Street.
Beginning in the late 19th century, League City's Catholic residents gathered in homes for Mass and other services. As the population grew, so did the need for a church. J.C. League deeded land to the Diocese of Galveston, and parishioners of St. . . . — — Map (db m50153) HM
On 2nd Street at North Kansas Avenue, on the right when traveling west on 2nd Street.
Thomas Jackson and Mary Lelia (Sherman) Dick lived on their north Galveston County "Buckhorn Ranch" for many years before hiring J. R. Beerwort and O. V. King to build this house in 1904. It is a good example of a two-story center passage plan with . . . — — Map (db m50151) HM
On State Highway 87 at Anderson Avenue, on the right when traveling east on State Highway 87.
In 1815 Colonel Henry Perry established a military camp here as part of a plan to invade Spanish Texas. In 1816 Galveston-based privateer Louis-Michel de Aury forced shiploads of captured African slaves to walk from this point to New Orleans along . . . — — Map (db m83345) HM
On State Highway 87 west of Helen Boulevard, on the right when traveling east.
Virginia native and Civil War veteran James A. Crenshaw wed Henrietta Barker Elliott in Kentucky in 1870. Two years later, with their first child, they moved to Bolivar Peninsula and constructed a two-story house in this vicinity. James, a . . . — — Map (db m157543) HM
On 10th Street south of Anderson Avenue, on the right when traveling south.
In early 1836, soon after Texas declared independence from Mexico, Republic of Texas President David Burnet dispatched Colonel Ed Harcourt to Galveston Island to erect a fort. Using army recruits and slave labor Harcourt built an octagonal earth and . . . — — Map (db m83304) HM
On State Highway 87 at Anderson Avenue, on the right when traveling east on State Highway 87.
Born in Charles County, Maryland, Jane Herbert Wilkinson Long was a Texas pioneer. She married James Long in 1815, and joined him in Texas during his military invasion of the then-Spanish colony, settling in Nacogdoches. The occupation was . . . — — Map (db m184359) HM
Surveyor Samuel D. Parr claimed a
league of land extending 5 miles
eastward from Point Bolivar and in
1838 became the area's first
permanent settler. That year
developers Archibald Wynn and
William Lawrence purchased about
1000 acres . . . — — Map (db m49236) HM
On East Bay Shore Drive (Farm to Market Road 646) at Park Road, on the left when traveling east on East Bay Shore Drive.
Strategically located on peninsula surrounded by Galveston, Trinity and Dickinson Bays, San Leon has a rich and varied history. Amos Edwards and his family were the first to settle on the peninsula after the Mexican government opened the Texas . . . — — Map (db m187128) HM
On East Bay Shore Drive at 22nd Street, on the left when traveling east on East Bay Shore Drive.
The old section of this cemetery was in use at least as early as the 1890s as part of the town of North Galveston that was created in 1891 from the original 1837 Republic of Texas townsite of San Leon. Destroyed in the 1900 Storm, the town was sold . . . — — Map (db m187130) HM
Near Avenue M north of 32nd Street, on the right when traveling north.
Organized in 1897, this burial ground served the ranching and farming community of Alta Loma. In 1893 the Alta Loma Investment and Improvement Company, located in Colorado, established the town site, whose name means "High Land" in Spanish. In . . . — — Map (db m144688) HM
On State Highway 6 at Clark Street on State Highway 6.
The railroad communities of Arcadia, Alta Loma, and Algoa, established in the 1890s, formed the nucleus of the Santa Fe area at the turn of the 20th century. Citrus and fig production, truck farming, and a burgeoning daily industry dominated the . . . — — Map (db m52465) HM
On Texas Highway 646 at 25th Street, on the right when traveling south on Texas Highway 646.
In 1893, the Alta Loma improvement and investment company, a group of developers, laid out the townsite of Alta Loma along the Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe rail line. Known today as Santa Fe, Alta Loma was sited on what is said to be the highest . . . — — Map (db m144549) HM
Galveston businessman Henry J. Runge (1859-1922), European-educated son of a German immigrant, bought the land and laid out the town of Arcadia in 1890. At that time he donated this site for use as a park. Later the Galveston County Commissioners . . . — — Map (db m52462) HM
On Texas Highway 6, 0.1 miles Warpath Avenue, on the right when traveling west.
In 1927, Arcadia, Alta Loma and Algoa schools combined to form the Santa Fe Consolidated school district, named for the Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe railroad which linked the towns. Architect Harry D. Payne designed a new high school for the . . . — — Map (db m144575) HM
On South Bell Drive at Jackson Lane when traveling south on South Bell Drive.
Frank Bell, Sr. was a son of Norval and Catherine Bell from Alabama. Flavilla "Flavey" Bell was a daughter of Chisholm Trail and Butler Ranch Black Cowboy Calvin Bell from Mississippi and his German born wife, Katie. Frank and Flavey were married in . . . — — Map (db m145354) HM
On South Bell Drive at Eunice Street, on the left when traveling south on South Bell Drive.
Frank Bell, Jr. (1893-1963), was the son of Flavilla "Flavey" Bell and Frank Bell, Sr. Ollie V. Caldwell Bell (1890-1974) was the daughter of Chisolm Trail and Butler Ranch Black Cowboy Thomas Caldwell. After Frank, Jr.'s discharge from the US Army, . . . — — Map (db m187177) HM
9:12 a. m., April 16, 1947, the French freighter Grand Camp exploded, setting off a disaster that killed 576, injured 5,000 and destroyed $67 million in property. This 10,640 pound anchor was found buried 1/2 mile from the scene of the explosion. — — Map (db m36160) HM
On Dike Road at Bay Street North, on the left when traveling east on Dike Road.
Dedicated in 1962 the site now called Anchor Park was the original idea of Charles Lowry, brother of long time Mayor Emmett F. Lowrey. After locating the anchor from the Grand Camp, Charles had the anchor moved to his shop by L.J. "Junior" Elgin. . . . — — Map (db m150523) HM
On 3rd Avenue North at 4th Street North, on the right when traveling west on 3rd Avenue North.
Public education for African American students in Texas City began in 1915. The Texas City Independent School District hired Mrs. J. R. McKellar to teach the students; classes were held in churches and lodge halls until 1937, when the district . . . — — Map (db m231733) HM
On 3rd Avenue North at 1st Street North, on the right when traveling east on 3rd Avenue North.
Built by Frank and Florence Haven Davison, 1895-1897. Sturdy Victorian structure, of cypress.
Home of first child born in Texas City (formerly named Shoal Point). Survivor of many storms; suffered most in 1947 disaster.
Davison, prominent . . . — — Map (db m137809) HM
On Bay Street North near 14th Avenue North, on the right when traveling north.
Military aviation evolved
from those primitive beginnings
Of military "flying machines" in service prior to
the First World War and used for training
in Texas City in 1913. The F-100F United States Air
Force fighter represents the highly . . . — — Map (db m50172) HM
On Bay Street at Dike Road, on the right when traveling north on Bay Street.
First tactical air unit, U.S. Army; was stationed here 1913-1915 during U.S. border troubles caused by revolution in Mexico. The 7 planes, 5 officers, and 21 enlisted men were not in combat, but made aerial maps and achieved a long distance flight . . . — — Map (db m201878) HM
Near 9th Avenue North (State Highway FM 1764) at 15th Street N, on the right when traveling west.
On March 16, 1905, five Texas City residents met for worship and Bible study. The Rev. D.L. Griffith assisted them in founding Texas City's First Baptist Church. The Rev. W.C. Ponder served as pastor for the first decade, during which time services . . . — — Map (db m52653) HM
On 4th Street North at 5th Avenue North, on the right when traveling north on 4th Street North.
This church began with informal Methodist meetings attended by a small group of newly arrived families to Texas City in 1894. The congregation grew and became Texas City's first formally organized church in 1896. The Rev. E. L. Ashmore, a member of . . . — — Map (db m245760) HM
On 25th Avenue (State Highway 197) at 29th Street, on the left when traveling east on 25th Avenue.
The project with the highest priority for Mayor Charles T. Doyle after his election in May of 1990 was to build a fitting tribute to the heroes of the 1947 Texas City Disaster and U.S. Servicemen from Texas City. Memorial Cemetery had fallen on hard . . . — — Map (db m187247) HM
Near Bay Street near 14th Avenue, on the right when traveling north.
Established by Guy M. Bryan (1821-1901), nephew of Stephen F. Austin, "Father of Texas." Bryan was one of couriers for Wm. B. Travis's Alamo letter. Served in State Legislature (where he was a Speaker of the House) and U. S. Congress. Aide to . . . — — Map (db m50278) HM
Near 9th Avenue North at Bay Street North. Reported missing.
Built 1912 by Col. Hugh B. Moore (1874-1944), transportation expert. Born in Tennessee, he managed Texas City Terminal Railroad, Wolvin Steamship Line, Texas City Transportation Co., Mainland Co. Was a banker, leader in building dike, enlarging . . . — — Map (db m140240) HM
On 25th Avenue (State Highway 197) at 29th Street, on the left when traveling east on 25th Avenue.
In Honor of Members of the Armed Forces From Texas City Killed in the Line of Duty
Specialist Nathaniel A. Given Iraq War Operation Iraqi Freedom December 27, 2006
Specialist Michael J. Jaurique
Iraq War Operation Iraqi . . . — — Map (db m187206) WM
On Mentor Drive at State Highway 3, on the right when traveling west on Mentor Drive.
The Phillips Memorial Cemetery began with the death of Kneeland Britton in the 1870s. It was situated on the Kneeland and Sylvia Britton land next to the Galveston, Houston & Henderson Railroad. Priscilla Britton Phillips and her husband Albert . . . — — Map (db m187171) HM
Near Dike Road, 0.1 miles west of Skyland Drive, on the left when traveling east.
The SS Highflyer exploded in the Main Slip on 4-17-1947 after being set on fire by the SS Grandcamp which exploded in the North Slip on 4-16-1947. It is dedicated in memory of those who died and in honor of those who survived to make Texas City a . . . — — Map (db m52768) HM
Near 25th Avenue North (State Highway 197) at 29th Street North, on the right when traveling west.
This anchor was blown from the S.S. Grandcamp when this ship blew up on April 16, 1947, while moored at Texas City Terminal docks. The anchor, which weighed approximately 3200 lbs. originally, was projected from the ship to a point on Pan American . . . — — Map (db m50168) HM
On 25th Avenue (State Highway 197) at 29th Street, on the left when traveling east on 25th Avenue.
Killed in World War I
Julius Cordell
Lewis A. Diroux
Raymond Paul
Sidney White
Killed in the Korean Conflict
Jessie S. Bell
Antonio Garcia, Jr.
Arthur L. Graham
Mariano Jacques, Jr.
Ronnie Johnson
Jesus . . . — — Map (db m187201) WM
On 25th Avenue (State Highway 197) at 29th Street, on the left when traveling east on 25th Avenue.
Killed in World War II
Moses Brown
Curtis Browning
Frances E. (Buster) Bryant
J.H. Calhoun
C.E. Camp
Luther O. Christman
Jim K. Dale, Jr.
Jack Davis
Ellis Haven Davison
T.W. Edler, Jr.
Erdith Farley
John Morris Garner . . . — — Map (db m187208) WM
On South Bell Drive at Jackson Lane, on the right when traveling south on South Bell Drive.
During Reconstruction former slaves founded a community known as the Settlement on land platted by Judge William J. Jones for purchase by freedmen. Prior to this, a number of cattlemen moved to this area with their slaves. During the Civil War, . . . — — Map (db m145355) HM
Near Bay Street near 14th Avenue, on the right when traveling north.
A number of families settled along Galveston Bay in the 1830s after land grants were awarded to veterans of the republic of Texas army and navy. An early community at this site became known officially as Shoal Point in 1878 when a U. S. Post . . . — — Map (db m201937) HM
Near Bay Street North near 14th Avenue North, on the right when traveling north.
Empresario Stephen F. Austin urged Mexico to improve foreign trade by establishing ports in the Galveston area as early as 1825. Historical references suggest Austinia was settled in the 1830s as part of Austin's foreign trade efforts in this area. . . . — — Map (db m50277) HM
On 6th Street North (State Highway 197) at 4th Avenue North, on the right when traveling north on 6th Street North.
In the 1870s native Tejanos organized Sociedades Mutualistas, mutual aid societies designed to protect their interests from the growing Anglo population of Texas. Although most of the early settlers of this area were of English, French, and . . . — — Map (db m118079) HM
On 9th Avenue North (County Route 1764) at Phoenix Lane, on the right when traveling east on 9th Avenue North.
This community traces its origin to settlement by a few families along the bayshore in the mid-1800s. Completion in 1854 of the Half Moon Shoal Lighthouse, a Federal project near the present day Texas City Dike, hastened the formation of a village . . . — — Map (db m52591) HM
On Bay Street at Dike Road, on the right when traveling north on Bay Street.
In early efforts to develop a major port here on Galveston Bay, Texas City capitalists, acting against the advice of engineers, dug a ship channel directly through and across the Bay's natural water line. As a result, currents carried silt into . . . — — Map (db m150479) HM
Near 25th Avenue North (State Highway 197) near 29th Street North, on the right when traveling west.
On April 16 and 17, 1947, disastrous explosions aboard two ships docked at the Texas City port killed hundreds of people. In the weeks that followed, relief workers led by the American Red Cross and other volunteers labored to identify the victims. . . . — — Map (db m50169) HM
On Loop State Highway 197, on the right when traveling north. Reported missing.
Minnesota investors and brothers Jacob R. and Henry H. Myers and Augustus B. Wolvin formed the Texas City Improvement Company in 1893 and developed a port facility and townsite here. By 1897 the company had built a rail spur line linking its port . . . — — Map (db m231732) HM
On Bay Street South at 2nd Avenue South, on the right when traveling south on Bay Street South.
The Texas City Transportation Company established the Texas Sugar Refining Company in 1910 to increase its profits by locating a sugar refinery at the Texas City port. A ten-acre tract on this site was chosen as early as 1910, but negotiations . . . — — Map (db m231760) HM
On South Bell Drive at Eunice Street, on the right when traveling south on South Bell Drive.
During the American Civil War, the Confederacy relied heavily on slave labor to maintain daily functions while many of the white men were fulfilling duties as soldiers. Many of the men who founded the 1867 Settlement were slaves and because of the . . . — — Map (db m187191) HM
On Texas City Port Boulevard (Loop State Highway 197) at Dock Road, on the right when traveling north on Texas City Port Boulevard. Reported missing.
The first oil refinery built in Texas City was established in 1908 by the Texas City Refining Company. Contractor J. C. Black and more than 100 craftsmen constructed the refinery. Processing equipment included eleven stills, storage tanks, and a . . . — — Map (db m231731) HM
On Dike Road, 0.1 miles west of Skyline Drive, on the left when traveling east.
On April 16, 1947, three ships--the "Grandcamp", the "High Flyer", and the "Wilson B. Keene"--were docked in the Texas City port. They were loaded with cargo, including ammonium nitrate fertilizer, bound for Europe to assist in the Post-World War . . . — — Map (db m201935) HM
On Bay Street North at 14th Avenue North, on the right when traveling north on Bay Street North.
An increasing number of disturbances along Texas' Rio Grande border after Civil War broke out in Mexico in 1910 prompted U. S. President William Taft to consider increasing the U. S. Military presence in the area. Hugh B. Moore, Texas City . . . — — Map (db m150468) HM
On Bay Street North near 14th Avenue North, on the right when traveling north. Reported missing.
Site, childhood home of Jimmy (1900-1934) and Walter (1901-1935) Wedell - aviation pioneers. Jimmy designed, built, raced planes with financier Harry Williams Operated early airline at time of death in crash, held world's land plane speed record. . . . — — Map (db m231730) HM
On Bay Street North at 14th Avenue North, on the right when traveling north on Bay Street North.
Virginia native William Jefferson Jones received his license to practice law at age 19. He was an associate of Mirabeau B. Lamar, future president of the Republic of Texas, in a Georgia newspaper enterprise. Urged by Lamar to move to Texas, Jones . . . — — Map (db m50275) HM
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